Principal UX Researcher / Founder

Microsoft / Baal Dan Charities

Tanya Pinto is a strategic marketer with international experience and a proven track record of uncovering powerful insights. Tanya joined Microsoft in 2017 and is currently a Principal UX Researcher in Microsoft’s Experiences + Devices team, managing Multimodal Research for Copilot. Prior to Microsoft, Tanya started her career in Brand Management at The Richards Group, (a large advertising agency), where she spent 13 years. She then ran her own consulting practice, Shakti Consulting for 5 years, where she served clients in the humanitarian sector with branding and research consulting and storytelling services. Tanya is also founded Baal Dan Charities in 2005 with the mission of supporting impoverished children (mostly orphans) in developing countries. orphanages and feeding over 1,000 children daily. Tanya's charity has been featured as part of the annual UN General Assembly's calendar of events supporting the global Social Development Goals. She has been featured as a speaker at TEDx and several nonprofit and market research industry conferences.